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Deep Dive: Exploring the Exhibits This oil portrait is of a proud Civil War veteran, Philip Brady, in his military uniform. Prominent on...

A Day Like Any Other After three days of rain, the morning of Wednesday, September 21, 1938, dawned bright and fair in Southampton....

The house at 264 South Main Street, which local history traces to 1695, was part of the vast property holdings acquired by the Foster...

This distinctive mansion, with a Second Empire-style Mansard roof, was built in 1871 or 1872 by whaling Captain Barney Green. It was...

By Cynthia V.A. Schaffner Unique among Southampton’s early twentieth century residences was Chalet de Imer – a timber and stone masonry...

William “Willie” Dunn Sr. was a Scottish professional golf player, born in Musselburgh (outside Edinburgh), Scotland in 1821. Willie...

Historic 14 Flying Point Road This farmhouse on Flying Point Road has deep roots in the Southampton community. The house was built about...

The role of African Americans, particularly African American soldiers, in the American Civil War is often overlooked. Despite heroic...

Cynthia Van Allen Schaffner is a direct descendent of Thomas Halsey Jr. who built the Halsey House & Garden that we care for today and...

Can you guess where this house was located in the Southampton Village? It used to stand on Main Street where the CVS is today. In 1822...

It is 1929, the year the economy will take a spectacular plunge, but William F. Ladd, too rich to fret over ominous signs, has set his...

The story of Laffalot comes from Southampton’s short lived Art Colony period and could not be told without including its energetic first...

The paddlewheel steamboat Lexington left its pier on Manhattan's East River at 4:00 p.m. on January 13, 1840, bound for Stonington,...

Photos of the property by Douglas Elliman R.E. This sweet Cape Cod-style house on Post Lane was recently sold to new owners. It is...

242 South Main Street and Edward H. Foster In the 1870s recorded land transactions in Southampton indicate that property in and around...

Southampton is fortunate to have local historians who have been keeping track of the history of Southampton since 1640. Many original...

This summer we were lucky to have a great young intern join us for a few weeks. Milo Youngerman graduated from Bridgehampton High School...

On September 6, 1781, a British force of 1,700 men under the command of the traitor Benedict Arnold, raided the towns of Groton and New...

Officers John Carwardine. Captain. Age 34. John Carwardine was from a noble family in Essex, England. His father, The Reverend John...

This week I wanted to share with you, not something from our collection, but something from the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s collection...